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Summary of cardiac fibrillation thresholds for 60 Hz currents and voltages applied directly to the heart

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Roy, O.Z. Summary of cardiac fibrillation thresholds for 60 Hz currents and voltages applied directly to the heart. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 18, 657–659 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02443140

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